In our culture, pain, suffering, and heartache are treated as plagues to be avoided, but what if these are inevitable truths of life that are meant to sweetly break us?
Don’t Forget the Toothpaste: How Spiritual Disciplines Help Us Apply the Gospel To Our Lives.
Toothbrushes and Dragon Tales Allow me to be embarrassingly honest: In middle school I didn’t know that you were supposed to brush your tongue when you brushed your teeth. Every morning before school I would get up, brush my teeth, put my hand in front of my mouth, blow, and smell my Colgate-freshened chompers. Yet,…
Are We Praying With Our Hands Tied Behind Our Backs?
There was a moment the summer after my freshman year of college that completely transformed the way I perceived my prayer life. The occasion was a small prayer meeting for our city of Fort Wayne. Towards the end of the meeting, one of the young ladies in the circle prayed for us to grow in…
Have You Made Worship About You?
The staff person on stage finishes the announcements while you make haste to finish shaking hands with the older gentleman in the row behind you. You remember shaking his hand last week; he had that firm, strong two-pump Baby-Boomer handshake, whereas your hand was a limp lump of awkwardness barely making it halfway into the…
On MacArthur, Complementarianism, and the Church’s Display of the Gospel
On MacArthur As many of you know, John MacArthur was recently asked at a conference by a moderator to indulge in a word game of sorts in which he would give a, quote, “pithy” response to a given word or phrase. To this, the moderator offered the name “Beth Moore” to which Pastor John accordingly…
Staff + Sword Co. 